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Boundary element method for wave trapping by a multi-layered trapezoidal breakwater near a sloping rigid wall

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This study examines the multiple layers in a rubble mound breakwater and their effect on reflection and dissipation of incoming ocean waves. The numerical model is developed using multi-domain boundary element method for oblique water wave trapping near a sloping wall by a multi-layered trapezoidal porous structure, which is utilized to model armour, filter and core layers while examining the hydrodynamics in different configurations. Both, the constant element and linear element approaches to boundary element method are discussed. The cases of bottom-standing porous structures as being submerged and fully extended are considered. The wave hydrodynamics over the structure is described by the reflection and dissipation coefficients along with the forces acting on the sloping wall, and is influenced by wave and structural parametrics of the system. The influence of armour layer in different configurations is highlighted for various structural and wave parameters.

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HB gratefully acknowledges the financial support from SERB, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India through “CRG” Pgroject, Award No. CRG/2018/004521.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, College of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur, Chennai, TN, 603203, India

    Mohamin B. M. Khan & Harekrushna Behera

  2. Department of Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India

    Trilochan Sahoo

  3. Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait City, Kuwait

    S. Neelamani

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Khan, M.B.M., Behera, H., Sahoo, T. et al. Boundary element method for wave trapping by a multi-layered trapezoidal breakwater near a sloping rigid wall. Meccanica 56, 317–334 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11012-020-01286-z

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